Articles
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Education
Parental Choice Is Accountability
Americans face a choice between two paths that will guide education in this nation for generations: self-government and central planning. Which we choose will depend in large measure on how well we understand accountability.Andrew J. Coulson, Jason Bedrick, Lindsey M. Burke, Joseph Bast, Kara Kerwin & Herbert J. Walberg | April 9, 2014
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Education, Culture & the Family
Family Intactness, Parental Participation, and Student Performance
When President Obama was interviewed by Bill O’Reilly of FOX News, O’Reilly made the statement that poverty is driven by the dissolution of the American family. He specifically asked the president, “Why isn’t there a campaign by you and the First Lady to address this very explicitly?”Wendy Warcholik, Ph.D. | April 9, 2014
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Education
‘Essentially No Link’ Between State Education Spending and Student Performance
Even as various school-employee labor unions and other members of the public-education community converged on the state capitol March 31 for an “education funding rally,” a new study released two weeks prior suggests that “there is essentially no link” between state education spending and student performance.Brandon Dutcher | April 9, 2014
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Education
Parental Choice Is Accountability
Americans face a choice between two paths that will guide education in this nation for generations: self-government and central planning. Which we choose will depend in large measure on how well we understand accountability.Andrew J. Coulson, Jason Bedrick & Lindsey M. Burke | April 9, 2014
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Education
Liberal Christian says trapping kids in dreadful schools is 'outrageous and immoral'
Dr. Olasky (who once gave a speech for OCPA entitled “Why School Choice is Compassionate”) followed up with this question: “What if you compare the education that some inner city students get in good Christian schools, compared to what they get in their local public schools?”Brandon Dutcher | April 1, 2014
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Education
‘Essentially no link’ between state education spending and student performance
Even as various school-employee labor unions and other members of the public-education community converged on the state capitol March 31 for an “education funding rally,” a new study released two weeks prior suggests that “there is essentially no link” between state education spending and student performance.Brandon Dutcher | March 19, 2014
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Education
What Failing Schools Really Cost Oklahoma
Schools, like students, need to learn to see a tough task through until it’s complete. And if they tell us they’re having too much trouble learning, reforms like school choice could help them get up to speed.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | March 12, 2014
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Education
Oklahoma Public Education Revenues at an All-Time High
According to the Oklahoma State Department of Education, total common education available revenues have reached an all-time high.Jonathan Small | March 12, 2014
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Education
ESAs Will Put Oklahoma Parents in Charge
Oklahoma’s public schools serve many children very well. Still, for various reasons, some students’ needs are better met in private schools, in virtual schools, or elsewhere. That is why two state lawmakers have introduced legislation to give parents debit cards, literally, to shop for the educational services that work best for their kids.Michael Carnuccio & Robert Enlow | March 12, 2014
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Education
Brookings scholar underwhelmed by the evidence on universal pre-K
Here at home, rather than continuing to put all their eggs in Oklahoma’s ineffective government-pre-K basket, policymakers should diversify their pre-K portfolio with vouchers, tax credits, and Education Savings Accounts.Brandon Dutcher | March 11, 2014